Wheth­er you are pre­par­ing for a race in the moun­tains or not, one of the easi­est and fast­est ways to improve run­ning form is to include reg­u­lar hill work in your train­ing.… Read more.

Alti­tude presents one of the world’s most extreme envir­on­ments. The high moun­tains have enticed adven­tur­ists for many years and more recently ath­letes have begun to com­plete events in the ele­ments to push their lim­its and reach new heights… Read more.

As more and more best-selling mind­ful­ness apps emerge, its cur­at­ive powers appear more wide-ran­ging and its inter­ested parties more diverse, but can mind­ful­ness med­it­a­tion be use­ful for run­ners, and if so, how?… Read more.

Per­form­ing to one’s best in a multi-day race relies on much more than phys­ic­al abil­ity… Read more.

Why sleep is even more import­ant than you thought for every day life and train­ing… Read more.

Find out our top tips on how to accli­mate to the heat… Read more.

A com­mon short­com­ing we find among the ultra mara­thon pop­u­la­tion is the lack of focus on appro­pri­ate recov­ery and rest. So which meth­ods are best… Read more.

Most ultra-run­ners have resigned them­selves to the fact that there are no short­cuts in this endur­ance sport. The quick­est route to get­ting faster, stronger and more effi­cient is to put the hard work in. But what if there were legit­im­ate gains to be made not out on the trails… Read more.

As any­one who has ever taken part in an ultra knows all too well one of the most com­mon ques­tions you will get asked (or ask your­self) is “Where do you even start?!… Read more.

We take a look at the import­ance of set­ting spe­cif­ic goals for multi-day events… Read more.

Ultra X Sri Lanka com­pet­it­or and pro ultra run­ner Anna-Mar­ie Wat­son had a huge 2018. In this art­icle she takes us through how she man­aged to “cram” it all in… Read more.

For those who don’t enjoy set­ting up for­mu­las and geek­ing over the num­bers, don’t worry — we’ve saved you the effort! We’ve put togeth­er a tem­plate race week nutri­tion plan… Read more.

There are two import­ant tim­ing win­dows which com­pet­it­ors need to be aware
of, a short and a longer one… Read more.

If you’re look­ing for an all-in-one power smooth­ie to fuel your mind and body for the day to come, check out here. Per­fect for any­one, run­ner or not!

Get­ting your nutri­tion right dur­ing a multi-stage is prob­ably THE most import­ant thing to get right if you want to per­form well. The train­ing is done, the kit is packed and the start line awaits. It’s time to fuel… Read more.

Stay­ing hydrated does not simply mean drink­ing lots, rather it is prin­cip­ally about main­tain­ing the cor­rect bal­ance of elec­tro­lytes… Read more.

Tak­ing on an inaug­ur­al event always rep­res­ents a massive oppor­tun­ity. A new race in a new coun­try will nev­er be easy, com­pet­it­ors do not know exactly what to expect, nor how to pre­pare for the cli­mate and ter­rain. A new race means they are not able to learn from the advice of pre­vi­ous run­ners… Read more.

It is now one week on from what was undoubtedly the toughest race that I have ever par­ti­cip­ated in… Read more. One of the Ultra X Founders on his exper­i­ence in the inaug­ur­al Oman by UTMB.

No race report can do the justice that this amaz­ing event deserves. Rather than recount some of the amaz­ing stor­ies and stages of the race, I want to explain what it really means to have “The UltraX­per­i­ence”… Read more.

I wanted to share with you the kit I used for the 242km Wadi Rum Ultra… Read more. Fer­gus Scholes on his kit list for the 2016 Wadi Rum Ultra (aka Ultra X Jordan)

We take a look at Jan Tschudy’s move from triath­lon and into the world of ultra run­ning… Read more.

Last month Ultra X partnered up with the Nation­al Run­ning Show, Inner­Fight, Tobi­as Mews and MyRaceKit to offer two lucky people the prize of a life­time — Ultra X entry to Jordan, train­ing and much more! triath­lon and into the world of ultra run­ning. Meet them here.

We want to offer the unfor­get­table exper­i­ence of a multi-stage ultra without for­cing com­pet­it­ors to take hol­i­day and to encour­age people who’ve nev­er tried an ultramara­thon before to take on the chal­lenge.… Read more.

Cre­at­ing chal­lenges to push the mind and the body is in our DNA and as such when TRIBE approached us back in Novem­ber 2018 with the sug­ges­tion to col­lab­or­ate to cre­ate the third instal­ment of the Run for Love saga we jumped at the chance… Read more.

For our Jordan and Mex­ico par­ti­cipants this is an oppor­tun­ity to meet some of your fel­low com­pet­it­ors, get use­ful inform­a­tion for the upcom­ing races and try on some kit… Read more.

Regis­tra­tion for Ultra X Jordan (pre­vi­ously Wadi Rum Ultra) has offi­cially opened for the 2019 race… Read more.

This past week the Ultra X team have been in Sri Lanka com­plet­ing the last route checks before the ultramara­thon in April… Read more.

The Ultra X team has just returned to the UK from the foot­hills of Kandy, Sri Lanka… Read more. The Ultra X team on their recent trip to Sri Lanka and what goes into a race recce. 

80% are broken by mid- Feb­ru­ary so why both­er?… Read more. The Ultra X team are set­ting some big goals for 2019.

The Ultra X Sum­mit is the high­light and biggest nation­al event in our cal­en­dar… Read more. Ultra X launch the 2019 Sum­mit with tick­ets avail­able here.

Ultra X Mex­ico starts at the magic town of Creel situ­ated 2345 metres above sea level. So, we are chal­len­ging YOU to climb there… Read more.

Dr Danny Long­man from Cam­bridge Uni­ver­sity spent the week in Jordan at the 2018 Wadi Rum Ultra. His aim was to con­duct research on the effects of pro­longed heat exer­tion on the human mind and body… Read more.

Ath­letes can qual­i­fy through one of four ways: 1) Gain­ing points through excep­tion­al per­form­ance; 2) Qual­i­fy­ing through the Ultra X Alle­gi­ant scheme; 3) Being selec­ted in the char­ity bal­lot… Read more.

The first thought that enters a lot of people’s minds when they hear about an Ultra X event is that such an under­tak­ing would be impossible… Read more.

Ultra X are delighted to announce their new part­ner­ship with Just One Body Osteo­pathy who will be provid­ing ser­vices at all our events… Read more.

Read about some of the top ath­letes who will be racing in Sri Lanka… Read more.

How Ultra X are using this amaz­ing soft­ware start-up to map their trails… Read more.